In Limbo

I'm so sorry I haven't been posting, it has been a stressful week. 

Violet is great, she is growing and learning so many new things.  Her top tooth is slowly coming in (I can feel it!) and those bottom two are barely there.  Soon she may look normal.  She is slowly attempting to walk, it's very slow.  She likes to hold my hand and walk across the room, but isn't quite as interested all by herself.  I went to dinner with friends tonight and apparently she ate all of her dinner then proceeded to eat Randy's as well.  She loves food!

I promise that once my fate at the company I have put my heart and soul into is decided upon I will post some more.  I'm just in limbo and need to wait.  Keep your fingers crossed.

First Steps

Here are few little steps.  The video makes me crack up every time: not because Violet is so determined to walk, but because my loving husband is singing to the DOG in the background.  Robin and John will get a kick out of it (lucky buddy)

It's a weekend of firsts

I have lots of fun photos to share from our weekend.  We spent 2 days with friends at a cabin, and Violet was an angel.  She took her first steps this weekend, and spent most moments showing off her new skill to as many people as she could.  

Then Monday night Violet, Randy, & I camped at Clear Lake.  It was our first family camping trip.  After the easy time we had at the cabin with Violet we thought it would be no big deal.  Well, let me tell you something I learned.  All my friends who said camping was easy with a baby:  LIED.  Easy?  Nothing is easy when you have a very mobile 1 year old, who is obsessed with dirt, rocks, sticks, and believes that all of the above can be placed in her mouth.  Nothing is easy when you hate dirty children (still trying to get over that one..) and all your child wants to do is crawl in the dirt.  Not very easy to put an overly tired dirty baby to sleep in a camper van.  Okay maybe it sounds worse than it was.  We did really have a good time.  Violet kept us very busy, she may have eaten a bug or two but she went swimming with her dad in a lake (my attempt at cleaning her up, which lasted all of 4 minutes of clean baby), which was probably the highlight of her weekend.  I think we made it through in one piece.  But, again I reiterate.  It is not easy to take a baby camping, but we will be more prepared for the next time and we won't let us stop us from continuing the tradition.  But repeat after me all you mothers "I will not lie to my friends"

Click HERE to see the photos (look at those dirty pants!)

STATS

We had our 1 year appointment on Monday, so I thought I would share her stats, I was a little surprised (honestly I thought she weighed more!)

WEIGHT: 20 lbs (32.74 Percentile)
HEIGHT: 28.75 (39.63 Percentile)
HEAD: 17.25 (16.58 Percentile)

She also got a couple more shots, but handled it like a champ.

Champoeg State Park

We took Violet for a nice stroll on Sunday to Champoeg Park, it was a perfect day.  She proceeded to point at everything (or tell us all that she is one- it's up to you) She had a great time and eventually passed out from all of the excitement.

Randy reading the trail guide book, on the exact direction we needed to take.